Directed with energy and ferocity by eye-opening newcomer Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu.
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07/02/02
Amores Perros (2001)
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Reviews Counted:110
Fresh:101
Rotten:9
Average Rating:7.7/10
Consensus: The brutality of Amores Perros may be difficult to watch at times, but this intense, gritty film packs a hard wallop.
Runtime: 2 hrs 33 mins
Genre: Dramas
US Box Office: $4,856,342
Synopsis: AMORES PERROS is a bold, intensely emotional, and ambitious story of lives that collide in a Mexico City car crash. Inventively structured as a triptych of overlapping and intersecting narratives,... [More]
Reviews for Amores Perros
Amores Perros es una cinta capaz de pegarnos intensamente en la mirada pero también en el espíritu.
05/25/02
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03/24/02
Inarritu's talent may be derivative, but it's applied to a setting he knows well and whose vibrancy he's keen to convey.
03/19/02
The stories never come together in a way that really enlightens, but that's not to say the film is anything less than entertaining.
03/05/02
Even with its flaws, it will be hard to find a film with as many complex characters inhabiting its world as this.
02/26/02
A stunningly made film, raw and authentic, with the ability to get way under the skin.
12/10/01
First-time director Alejandro González Iñárritu has taken an original story and fashioned it into a tale that is gritty, multifaceted, and brimming with edgy performances.
11/16/01
Grabs our attention... Innaritu is a clever visual stylist.
09/10/01
Filmmaker Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu conveys an urgency and a compassion that ultimately make this grim picture strangely uplifting.
09/04/01
It's a truly prodigious piece of work, resembling a career summation far more than a maiden voyage.
06/25/01
The performances here are, again and again, natural and convincing, with many of the actors making their debuts.
06/09/01
An ambitious multi-plotted portrait of overlapping lives in contemporary Mexico City, Amores perros rarely relaxes its grip.
06/07/01
One of the more exhilarating movie thrillers of late.
06/01/01
The filmmakers offer little hope for these characters.
06/01/01
The production is first rate on all levels.
05/29/01
Nominated for an Oscar as best foreign-language film, it's a movie that's all over the lot (and interestingly so).
05/23/01
"Amores Perros" is simply a great film.
05/23/01
It has an underlying warmth that elevates it to greatness.
05/22/01
This is first-rate filmmaking, horrific and tender, raw and lyrical.
05/18/01
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